tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29550002.post6269407409608702027..comments2023-12-31T23:33:29.131-05:00Comments on Issues with Knitting: ToothsomeLaurieMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17609188211326621400noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29550002.post-92179390951473534652008-12-21T15:35:00.000-05:002008-12-21T15:35:00.000-05:00I too read your posting and immediately thought, '...I too read your posting and immediately thought, 'Shorten it!' After all, it's less knitting, it's probably not needed that length ANYWAY, so why give yourself the stress and the extra knitting time?<BR/><BR/>(You've probably sorted it at this stage, but thought I'd chuck in my tuppenceworth while wishing you the best of Solstice and Midwinter greetings!)Jo at Celtic Memory Yarnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00463172440388610300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29550002.post-57150302300918262662008-12-19T15:05:00.000-05:002008-12-19T15:05:00.000-05:00With my bum I'd shorten it to just below the secon...With my bum I'd shorten it to just below the second button from the bottom, which would mean changing the proportions of the welt and body cable sections. Hmmm. <BR/><BR/>I'm with MJ on the brown, though it's an interesting idea. And those cables do chew up yarn. Other things causing yarn inflation: they needed only 2 meters from the last ball to finish; they started each section with a fresh ball...<BR/><BR/>Please keep us posted -- you do the most interesting knitting!beadlizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03345991066699824794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29550002.post-559467590298373692008-12-19T12:36:00.000-05:002008-12-19T12:36:00.000-05:00I'd go for shortening it but I like the brown yarn...I'd go for shortening it but I like the brown yarn possibility too. It will be interesting to see how you solve this issue.<BR/><BR/>3072 meters seems like a LOT of yarn. I took a class from Lucy Neatby last year; she told us that when yarn manufacturers commission designers to come up with a pattern, number 1 requirement is usually to use as much yarn as possible.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10786833246368049469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29550002.post-52049563383426240072008-12-19T09:39:00.000-05:002008-12-19T09:39:00.000-05:00Boy! What choices! I agree with MJ re the dark y...Boy! What choices! I agree with MJ re the dark yoke. I think I would knit the sleeves first. Then, knit the yoke, but start it with a provisional cast on. Knit the body for as long as the yarn holds out and then graft it to the yoke. Save some yarn for button bands, of course. Keep us posted.Brendaknitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810199856912743651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29550002.post-62261414754880552152008-12-19T09:21:00.000-05:002008-12-19T09:21:00.000-05:00I'd nix the brown for the yoke. While the two col...I'd nix the brown for the yoke. While the two colours look nice together, the dark yoke will cause the yoke to recede when you look at it and the body to come forward and be highlighted. If you did the body in dark and the yoke in light you would have the opposite effect. Which do you want to emphasize, the yoke or the body?<BR/><BR/>Cables take a lot of yarn. I would not assume the pattern requirements are wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29550002.post-10658534015013472582008-12-19T09:16:00.000-05:002008-12-19T09:16:00.000-05:00I'd go for it, and keep knitting. That yardage so...I'd go for it, and keep knitting. That yardage sounds off...<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, if you bought the extra yarn, at worst you'd just have another sweater's worth of yarn, eh?<BR/><BR/>I have that issue and had looked past that sweater, too. Why on earth did they use a picture that obscures the sweater? (And not the first time Vogue has done that!)gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208168224439515489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29550002.post-50267750270885029062008-12-19T08:17:00.000-05:002008-12-19T08:17:00.000-05:00The yarn suggested as Aran weight by the pattern, ...The yarn suggested as Aran weight by the pattern, Schaefer Miss Priss is 256m/113g. <BR/><BR/>I'd call that Sport weight and would expect to use a lot more of it in a sweater.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, they say 16 stitches/4" on a 4.5 - 5 mm needle. I'd call the former Aran and the later Worsted!<BR/><BR/>No doubt I'm missing something, but I wonder if the yardage got fluffed in the translation from design yarn to sample yarn.Soxophone Playerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03921353689251986354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29550002.post-54995238361763123452008-12-19T07:16:00.000-05:002008-12-19T07:16:00.000-05:00Keep knitting, shorten, get more of the same yarn ...Keep knitting, shorten, get more of the same yarn if possible. The cables do take a lot of yarn! <BR/><BR/>It's funny how Vogue often shows pictures that I pass right by in the magazine, but when I see someone else's picture, it turns out it is a great sweater. Either I have to look more thoughtfully, or they have to take clearer pictures!Mary deBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15239201755151355538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29550002.post-75949352260545283352008-12-19T06:14:00.000-05:002008-12-19T06:14:00.000-05:00I'd make it shorter because I don't think a tunic ...I'd make it shorter because I don't think a tunic length sweater would be attractive on me. (Maybe it works for your body, though?) I also think there's a good chance the yardage is wrong. I just cast on Sylvi (Twist Collective), a 44" bust, knee-length coat, and it only calls for ~2000 yds, so maybe you already have plenty of yarn. But it seems you've got nothing to lose, since you can always get more or sub in the tweed. Plenty of good possibilities there. I'd keep a'knitting! :-)livnletlrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12775338896726624220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29550002.post-77567985531917872032008-12-19T01:50:00.000-05:002008-12-19T01:50:00.000-05:00Very attractive sweater! I would shorten it. Wha...Very attractive sweater! I would shorten it. What is a good length for you? Who knows, it may be 26 inches.<BR/><BR/>Intensive cabling can really eat up the yardage (meterage? - is that a word?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29550002.post-6874579259199971032008-12-19T00:06:00.000-05:002008-12-19T00:06:00.000-05:00I say shorten it.I say shorten it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com